“A minister who publishes a book is an author, so he has the right to speak at the Book Fair.” are words of Vittorio Sgarbiundersecretary of culture, arrived today at the event in Turin to present his discoveries and revelations, published by the Ship of Theseus. For which he requested the presence of Nicholas Lagioia. Sgarbi commented on the event yesterday, the protest against the minister of the family Eugenia Roccella.
«Bad – he says – not to let people speak. Yesterday I called Lagioia because I found out that he was mortified by a lady named Augusta Montaruli». He comments jokingly, but about the attack by the deputy of brothers from italy the undersecretary defends director Lagioia. “Montaruli has no experience at the Salone”, dismisses Sgarbi’s question, because according to him the deputy has completely misinterpreted Lagioia’s intervention.
But as Sgarbi began his meeting, the former mayor of Turin, now 5 Star Parliamentarian, Chiara Appendino. «What happened at the Book Fair, with distinguished representatives of the Government, Minister Roccella and the FdI deputy Montaruli as protagonists, is exactly the number of this executive – writes Appendino on Facebook – and his problems with culture. Let’s be clear: Eugenia Roccella had and has the full right to speak, just as those who listen to her have the right to challenge, as long as they are peaceful and without preventing anyone from expressing themselves. This was the meaning of the invitation to dialogue by the Director of the Book Fair, Nicola Lagioia. However, that was enough for two representatives of the institutions, in particular Augusta Montaruli, to address Lagioia with inadmissible tones and phrases, drowning in that abyss of ignorance whose aversion is the raison d’être of the Salone itself.
And then about Lagioia, with whom he sympathizes, he adds: «He loved and gave all of himself for the Salone even at times when many thought he was “stolen” from Milan, as always. it was an example of elegance and, giant as he is, he ignored the invectives of that moral dwarfism. I can only express all my appreciation and solidarity towards Nicolaauthor once again of an edition that promises to be a record”. Then he blames the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, whom he remembers the “clash” a few years ago with the director of the Egyptian Museum, Christian Greco.
“As mayor, I can only express the Minister Roccella my sympathy for the unfortunate episode that prevented you from expressing your opinion. I regret this dispute and I reiterate that, obviously, Minister Roccella, like all the other representatives of the Government, is always welcome when she wants to return to Turin during subsequent appointments “. As the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo.
